CrossFit workouts are an excellent addition to your fat burning exercises routines. If you haven’t heard of CrossFit workouts, it’s the latest fad in fitness and is attracting folks from all walks of life.
The principles of CrossFit workouts are designed around ten fitness abilities, with the idea of developing skills in all of these disciplines:
- Cardiovascular endurance
- Strength
- Stamina
- Flexibility
- Agility
- Balance
- Coordination
- Power
- Endurance
- Accuracy
The aim of a CrossFit workout is to test the three metabolic pathways of the body:
- Phosphagen – short bursts of high-powered exercises lasting about 10 seconds
- Glycolytic – moderate-powered exercises lasting about 3 minutes
- Oxidative – low-powered exercises lasting more than a few minutes
CrossFit workouts can be competitive, where the individual is timed in the various activities, and the winner has the fastest time. However, not everyone uses these workouts in a competitive nature. Some people choose to use the timings as a guideline and just simply enjoy the variety of exercises.
A CrossFit gym will have very little equipment compared to some of the bigger gyms. Often you will find free weights, rowing machines, and skipping ropes, in a fairly basic set up.
Our next post will cover some CrossFit workout examples should you wish to try it out for yourself.
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